SEC staff issued no-action guidance on Rule 506(c) of Regulation D private securities offerings on March 12, 2025, which should provide issuers with an easier path to rely on Rule 506(c) and solicit and advertise their...more
In a unanimous decision published on June 5, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the entire set of regulations, including amendments to existing rules (collectively, the Rules), adopted by the US...more
On February 8, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC and, together with the SEC, the Commissions) voted to adopt amendments to Form PF1 that will impact the...more
2023 was a watershed year for the private fund industry, not only because the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a package of new regulations that will substantially alter the private fund landscape (subject...more
Although family offices have long been exempt from many of the more onerous regulations and reporting requirements governing US investment advisors and asset managers, recent amendments to federal rules will impact how family...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted sweeping new rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) that apply in certain circumstances to non-US advisers to private investment funds....more
Investors and investment managers around the globe are seeing increasing rules and regulations on how they can deploy their money, how they can advertise their services, and how they have to report to regulators.
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2/3/2020
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The fund manager was victorious in the first court decision to come from a group of complaints filed over the last several years against manager-of-manager models.
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Following a 25-day bench trial, the...more
9/13/2016
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Growth in the ETP industry has led the SEC to seek public comment on a variety of topics related to the listing and trading of ETP shares.
On June 12, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a release (the...more
7/2/2015
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